- Publisher: Supermassive Games
- Release Date: May 12, 2026
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 5
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- Developer: Supermassive Games
- Genre(s): Action Adventure, Survival
- # of players: Up to 5
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 9
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Mixed: 5 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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May 11, 2026All in all, it’s great to have The Dark Pictures back with us after an extended break. The Turning Point feature is fantastic (we’d like to see the older games retrofitted with it), the story is full of interesting twists and turns, and the extensions of more traditional gameplay are welcome. Some choices still leave us screaming at the screen to meet in the middle, but on the whole Directive 8020 maintains the series high bar.
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May 11, 2026It might not be a groundbreaking experience, but Directive 8020 delivers as one of the Supermassive’s best games.
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May 26, 2026Directive 8020 is definitely up there with some of the better Supermassive Games releases. It has its faults, but it introduces some great new additions, such as the text dialogue and the stealth gameplay segments. The Turning Point flowchart is excellent for replays also! The game is very tense at times and the overall story dealing with a shape-shifting organism is very fun to follow. Fans of The Thing and fans of other Dark Pictures games need to give this game a try.
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May 11, 2026Supermassive steers The Dark Pictures Anthology toward brave new horizons in Directive 8020, and for the most part, the mission stays its course. The survival horror narrative, despite delivering chills and heart-stopping thrills aplenty, is often held back by pacing issues, plot armor, and the promising yet inconsistent implementation of series-first stealth. It's neither the best nor worst of the Dark Picture series, and while I had a pretty good time aboard the Cassiopeia, I might not become a frequent flyer.
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May 18, 2026Quite simply, Directive 8020 is a paradox. For a developer like Supermassive Games, with years of experience creating interactive narrative games, such a decline in nearly every aspect is difficult to overlook, and while the game excels in its choice-and-consequence system, almost everything else, including poor pacing, forced stealth sections, pointless exploration, and weak visuals and animations, drags the experience down to a point where it becomes hard to recommend.
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May 15, 2026Another dose of Supermassive’s choose-your-own horror, lacking in scares.
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May 23, 2026The lack of horror and meaningful choices are just some of the ways in which this gorgeous game about hideous shapeshifters demonstrates that looks alone can be deceiving.